The Beer Nut: New beer, new cans for Jack's Abby

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Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers has announced a new series of beers – the Kellerseries.

The Kellerseries will be a rotating series of kellerbiers, a German-style of beer that is typically non-pasteurized and not-clarified.

The first beer in the series will be the Dinkel Herb, a bitter lager brewed with spelt, which is not a typical ingredient in American beers.

The beer will soon debut in cans and will be available on draft at the Jack’s Abby Beer Hall on Clinton Street in Framingham.

Speaking of cans, Jack’s Abby has announced that all of their core beers will now be available in 16 ounce cans instead of 12 ounce cans. They include Smoke & Dagger and Hoponius Union.

For fans of the Jack’s Abby mixed 12 pack of 12 ounce cans, they will remain the same.

In other Jack’s Abby-related news, the first beers from Springdale by Jack’s Abby are being canned this week, and will be hitting stores in the next week or so. A good feature not usually seen, the cans feature both a canning date and a best buy date. More breweries should do this.

Jack’s Abby is not the only brewery with a new beer. The Harpoon Brewery has announced the release of its newest beer under its UFO label – the UFO Apricadabra.

The Apricadabra is an unfiltered wheat beer brewed with Apricot puree. It will be available in 12 ounce cans and bottles as well as the UFO “Jet Pack,” spring mix pack, as well as draft.

“Apricots deliver on an earthy sweetness that blends well with wheat ale,” Al Marzi, chief brewing officer for UFO Beers said in a release. “Apricot is increasing in popularity in the craft beer and food scene, infusing a sweet aromatic flavor to many savory dishes like salsas, sauces and marinades. UFO fans can expect forthcoming recipes using UFO Apricadabra that include homemade apricot muffins and a delicious apricot sauce ice cream topper.”

You know what goes great with beer? Good cheese. Do you want to try good beer and good cheese together? Go to Drink Craft Beer’s Boston Beer & Cheese Fest.

The festival will be held March 9 (6 to 9:30 p.m.) and March 10 (1 to 4:30 p.m. and 6 to 9:30 p.m.) at the Cyclorama on Tremont Street in Boston.

The fest will feature unlimited samples from 25 northeast breweries, including Abandoned Building Brewing Company, Amherst Brewing Company, Idle Hands Craft Ale and Trillium Brewing Company, all of Massachusetts; Allagash Brewing Company and Hidden Cove Brewing Company from Maine; Beer’d Brewing and Relic Brewing Company of Connecticut and Hidden Objects Brewing Company and Sixpoint Beer of New York.

Along with the beer, there will be unlimited samples of cheese from 12 creameries, including Couet Farm & Fromagerie, Cricket Creek Farm, the Grey Barn & Farm and the Mozzarella House in Massachusetts, as well as Grafton Village Cheese, Parish Hill Creamy and Vermont Creamery, all of Vermont.

There will also be charcuterie samples.

Tickets for each session are $60 and available by going to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-beer-and-cheese-fest-tickets-39615186088.

Norman Miller is a Daily News staff writer. Email him at nmiller@wickedlocal.com or call at 508-626-3823. Check out the Beer Nut blog at blogs.wickedlocal.com/beernut. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @RealBeerNut and on Facebook at facebook.com/NormanMillerBeerNut.